Anita Westera

Anita is a Research Fellow with the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), University of Wollongong and has worked in aged care policy, research, advocacy and governance roles for over three decades. Along with Prof Kathy Eagar and colleagues within AHSRI she has been involved in the development of the new funding model for residential aged care, as well as research for the Royal Commission on staffing levels in aged care.

Anita's recent articles

The Aged Care Royal Commission: the government responds with more money but the structural problems remain.

The Aged Care Royal Commission: the government responds with more money but the structural problems remain.

The Royal Commissions first report elegantly articulated the problems that needed to be fixed. The Royal Commissions final report was full of inconsistencies but had something for everybody. The winners and losers have now been revealed in the government response and 2021 budget and surprisingly, they are not who the government would like you to think they are.

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